The U.S. Census Bureau will hold multiple job fairs in Middle Tennessee over the next week to recruit local talent to work in the upcoming 2020 Decennial Census. During the count, more than 500,000 temporary positions will need to be filled nationwide, including more than 1,000 positions in Middle Tennessee.

The Job fairs are scheduled for Rutherford County this Thursday, March 14th and next Thursday, March 21st. The event will be at the American Career Center in Murfreesboro (1313 Old Fort Parkway).

Available jobs:

• Recruiting assistants travel throughout geographic areas to visit with community-based organizations, attend promotional events and conduct other recruiting activities.

• Office operations supervisors assist in the management of office functions and day-to-day activities in one or more functional areas, including payroll, personnel, recruiting, field operations and support.

• Clerks perform various administrative and clerical tasks to support various functional areas, including payroll, personnel, recruiting, field operations and support.

• Census field supervisors conduct fieldwork to support and conduct on-the-job training for census takers and/or to follow-up in situations where census takers have confronted issues, such as not gaining entry to restricted areas.

• Census takers work in the field. Some field positions require employees to work during the day to see addresses on buildings. Other field positions require interviewing the public, so employees must be available to work when people are usually at home, such as in the evening and on weekends.

Applicants will be placed in an applicant pool for 2020 Census field positions for positions they qualify for and will be contacted as work becomes available in their area. For more information, visit 2020census.gov/jobs or contact 1-855-JOB-2020. Applicants may also contact the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.